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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Land Title Industry Politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Clyde Atkins — of Stuart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MT-lived.html">Martin County</a>, Fla.; Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla.; Coral Gables, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-lived.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-23.html">November 23, 1914</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; founder-trustee, Lawyers Title Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida</a>, 1966-99; died in office 1999. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-tau.html">Phi Kappa Tau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tau-kappa-alpha.html">Tau Kappa Alpha</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-died.html">Miami-Dade County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1999/03-11.html">March 11, 1999</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 108 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of C. C. Atkins and Marguerite (Criste) Atkins; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-18.html">January 18, 1937</a>, to Esther Castillo.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The C. Clyde Atkins <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">U.S. Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DA-names.html">Miami, Florida</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Beardall Jr. (1890-1984) — also known as William Beardall; Billy Beardall — of Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-lived.html">Orange County</a>, Fla. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-05.html">May 5, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/orlando.html">mayor of Orlando, Fla.</a>, 1940-52. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/index.html">1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">about 94 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-buried.html#cms00421">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Orlando, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Beardall and Florence (Bonsar) Beardall; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Shadie Livingston Hamer.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22106849">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Thomas Beebe (1857-1928) — also known as George T. Beebe — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ind. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/01-23.html">January 23, 1857</a>. Democrat. Abstractor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IN.html">1904</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-died.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/12-06.html">December 6, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MD-buried.html# ">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Anderson, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Selby Beebe and Elizabeth J. (Carey) Beebe; married to Florence Eleanor Wright.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/87132056">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/pstmayor/pmayor2.htm"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/569/65.95.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Chris Beutler"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chris Beutler (b. 1944) — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/11-14.html">November 14, 1944</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/peace-corps.html">Served in the Peace Corps</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; founder, Beutler Title Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/uleg.html">Nebraska unicameral legislature</a> 28th District, 1979-86, 1991-2006; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NE.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NE.html">2008</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/lincoln.html">mayor of Lincoln, Neb.</a>, 2007-. Still living as of 2011. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris Beutler">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Lincoln</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Aaron Tyler Bliss (1885-1964) — also known as Aaron T. Bliss — of Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-lived.html">Midland County</a>, Mich.; Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Peterboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-born.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-03.html">September 3, 1885</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-officials.html">Midland County Clerk</a>, 1919-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Midland District, 1935-36; abstract and title business. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Midland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-died.html">Midland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/04-24.html">April 24, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MI-buried.html#cms00641">Midland Cemetery</a>, Midland, Mich.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-buried.html#cms01693">Peterboro Cemetery</a>, Peterboro, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Norton Bliss and Ximena Monroe 'Minnie' (Harrington) Bliss; married to Frances G. Church; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#977.42.57">Lyman Warren Bliss</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#134.06.76">Aaron Thomas Bliss</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#719.29.23">Orville Hungerford</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#546.60.59">Frank Dickinson Blodgett</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0082.html">Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0168.html">Conger-Hungerford family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0571.html">Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay family</a> of New York City, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121076772">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Brown — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; president, Washtenaw Abstract Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/annarbor.html">mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich.</a>, 1903-05; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 22nd Circuit, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674258507/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/429/36.94.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="George W. Burrows"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George W. Burrows (b. 1867) — of Breckenridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WL-lived.html">Wilkin County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG-born.html">Wright County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; abstractor; vice-president, Breckenridge National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; treasurer, Breckenridge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telephone</a> Company; director, Farmers' Co-Op <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Elevator</a> Company; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1913-18 (District 60 1913-14, District 49 1915-18). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11515">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Hastings Carter (b. 1863) — also known as Edward H. Carter — of Bradentown (now part of Bradenton), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MA-lived.html">Manatee County</a>, Fla. Born in Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/06-22.html">June 22, 1863</a>. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; abstractor; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Saint John</a>, 1918-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Fredericton</a>, 1927, 1928, 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PE-consuls.html ">Charlottetown</a>, 1929. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry W. Chalfant (1855-1925) — of Linn Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/04-28.html">April 28, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Camden County, 1893-94, 1919-22; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 8th District, 1904. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-02.html">February 2, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-buried.html# ">Chalfant Cemetery</a>, Camden County, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Louis Patterson Chalfant and Maria Hester (Russel) Chalfant; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-27.html">December 27, 1877</a>, to Sarah A. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35352540">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> La Monte Cowles (b. 1859) — of Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DM-lived.html">Des Moines County</a>, Iowa. Born in Oskaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MH-born.html">Mahaska County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/09-30.html">September 30, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/stsen.html">Iowa state senate</a>, 1911-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IA.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Fletcher Cowles and Elizabeth Maria (La Monte) Cowles; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#051.29.19">Gardner Cowles</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/09-15.html">September 15, 1885</a>, to Hattie E. Kane; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html#867.25.67">Russell Cowles Ostrander</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#337.35.14">William Pitkin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#358.48.30">Moses Seymour</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dick Bland Dale (1893-1944) — also known as Dick B. Dale — of Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-lived.html">Ray County</a>, Mo. Born in Richmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-born.html">Ray County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/10-01.html">October 1, 1893</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Ray County, 1921-24, 1933-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 8th District, 1939-42; defeated, 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-08.html">December 8, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RY-buried.html#cms04036">Sunny Slope Cemetery</a>, Richmond, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-07.html">September 7, 1919</a>, to Norma Boggess.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17060326">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8276635684/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/038/36.11.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Benjamin W. Diederich"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin W. Diederich (b. 1903) — of Sheboygan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SH-lived.html">Sheboygan County</a>, Wis. Born in Manitowoc, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MN-born.html">Manitowoc County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-22.html">September 22, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstract and title business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a> from Sheboygan County 1st District, 1939-40. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Brooks J. Dunwiddie (1890-1966) — of Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GR-lived.html">Green County</a>, Wis. Born in Atlantic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CS-born.html">Cass County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/12-06.html">December 6, 1890</a>. Abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/monroe.html">mayor of Monroe, Wis.</a>, 1952-58; defeated, 1958. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Colorado Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/EP-died.html">El Paso County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/11-15.html">November 15, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 344 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/GR-buried.html# ">Greenwood Cemetery</a>, Monroe, Wis. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Dunwiddie and Margaret B. (Moore) Dunwiddie; married to Emma Marty.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/79713521">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Willard Edmonds (b. 1890) — also known as O. W. Edmonds — of Coeur d'Alene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/KO-lived.html">Kootenai County</a>, Idaho. Born in Caledonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/TR-born.html">Traill County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/02-04.html">February 4, 1890</a>. Republican. Abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/coeurdalene.html">mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho</a>, 1923-27, 1943-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arthur Edmonds and Anna S. (Olson) Edmonds; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-21.html">June 21, 1911</a>, to Kathryn M. Sturtevant.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Gahan Fahey (b. 1943) — also known as Mike Fahey — of Omaha, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DO-lived.html">Douglas County</a>, Neb. Born in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-born.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/12-10.html">December 10, 1943</a>. Democrat. Abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/omaha.html">mayor of Omaha, Neb.</a>, 2001-09; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NE.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2009. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike Fahey">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Carroll Fitch (1842-1899) — also known as Charles C. Fitch — of Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Cuylerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/07-19.html">July 19, 1842</a>. Democrat. Abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware business</a>; president, Mason <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Water and Electric Light</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-officials.html">Ingham County Register of Deeds</a>, 1885-88; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Ingham County 2nd District, 1889-92. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>. Died suddenly, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-28.html">June 28, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 344 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fitch.html#202.52.65">Ferris S. Fitch</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/">1876</a> to Mary Kate Clark; father of Fannie E. Fitch (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummins-cunneen.html#087.22.79">Alva Marvin Cummins</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummins-cunneen.html#321.88.45">Charles Fitch Cummins</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17484.html">Fitch-Cummins family</a> of Michigan.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John F. Forward Jr. (b. 1876) — of San Diego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SD-lived.html">San Diego County</a>, Calif. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/11-18.html">November 18, 1876</a>. Republican. Abstractor; president, Union Title Insurance Co.; president, Union <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Trust</a> Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/CA.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sandiego.html">mayor of San Diego, Calif.</a>, 1932-34; resigned 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Ferree Forward and Ella Francis (Dillon) Forward; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/06-29.html">June 29, 1901</a>, to Alberta Fairbanks; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/06-15.html">June 15, 1920</a>, to Martha Thompson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Cadman H. Frederick (b. 1880) — of Babylon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Born, in the British West Indies, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-22.html">May 22, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate developer</a>; one of the founders of the Suffolk Title and Guarantee Company, 1925; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/babylon.html">mayor of Babylon, N.Y.</a>, 1937-38. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Resigned</a> in 1956 as president and director of the Suffolk County Federal Savings and Loan Association, in the midst of an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">investigation</a> of the sale of tax-foreclosed properties by Suffolk County. He and others <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">shared profits</a> on the sale of these properties with Deputy County Treasurer <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#642.50.67">John A. Britting</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Frank Maurice Frisby (1888-1952) — also known as Frank M. Frisby — of Bethany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Mo. Born in Bethany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/03-08.html">March 8, 1888</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-officials.html">Harrison County Prosecuting Attorney</a>; abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a>, 1943-52 (4th District 1943-46, 14th District 1947-52); died in office 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MO.html">1948</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, a few days after a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/07-25.html">July 25, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HA-buried.html# ">Miriam Cemetery</a>, Bethany, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#285.84.13">Ezra H. Frisby</a> and Eva M. (Tucker) Frisby; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-22.html">January 22, 1914</a>, to Maude G. Neville; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#129.36.54">Henry Clinton Frisbee</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chertov-childers.html#989.21.65">Joseph Chidsey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0363.html">Keator-Frisbee family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21064290">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.woodtv.com/dpp/elections/candidates/Profile-Bill-Gelineau"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/505/31.74.jpg" width=70 height=110 border=0 alt="Bill Gelineau"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Gelineau (born c.1959) — also known as Bill Gelineau — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich.; Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Born in Michigan, about 1959. Libertarian. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">Restauranteur</a>; title agency manager; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 29th District, 2010; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 2012; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 2018. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>. Still living as of 2018. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis T. Harbison — of Plattsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CL-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Mo. Born in Plattsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CL-born.html">Clinton County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Clinton County, 1945-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MO.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Vivian V. Beard.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> H. O. Harrawood (b. 1882) — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. Born in McLeansboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HM-born.html">Hamilton County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-04.html">July 4, 1882</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-officials.html">Butler County Superintendent of Schools</a>, 1915-19; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Butler County, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/09-11.html">September 11, 1903</a>, to Lizzie Holland.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William T. Hiering — of Toms River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J. Republican. Land title agent; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Ocean County, 1960-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1966-71 (District 5 1966-67, District 4-A 1968-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/NJ.html">1968</a>; Sponsor of a proposed state constitutional amendment in 1969 which would have stripped the state's title to hundreds of square miles of tidelands; summoned for an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">inquiry</a> by a legislative commission into possible <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/conflict-of-interest.html">conflict of interest</a> because he might personally benefit from this change; he denied having any financial interest in tidal land properties. The amendment, strongly opposed by Gov. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughes.html#722.38.94">Richard J. Hughes</a>, was withdrawn a few days later. Still living as of 1971. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Floy D. Hopkins — of White Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Title insurance business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County 4th District, 1914-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) — also known as Robert F. Hopwood — of Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa. Born in Uniontown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/07-24.html">July 24, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director, Citizens Title and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Street Railway</a> Co.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-officials.html">Fayette County Solicitor</a>, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>, 1905-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 23rd District, 1915-17; defeated, 1916. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-died.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/03-01.html">March 1, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 221 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-buried.html#cms01527">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rice Gaddis Hopwood and Ruth (Jackson) Hopwood; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Emma S. Miller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000785">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405635">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Freeman Hopwood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7776069">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/8254105388/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/011/91.73.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="G. Erle Ingram"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gilbert Erle Ingram (b. 1883) — also known as G. Erle Ingram — of Eau Claire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/EC-lived.html">Eau Claire County</a>, Wis. Born in Eau Galle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DN-born.html">Dunn County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/04-01.html">April 1, 1883</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance agent</a>; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WI.html">Wisconsin Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1928-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1931-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/stsen.html">Wisconsin state senate</a> 28th District, 1933-40. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Ingram and Mary Ingram; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/11-09.html">November 9, 1902</a>, to Theresa Wurtz.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> R. J. King Jr. (b. 1913) — also known as Bus King — of St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo.; Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/09-28.html">September 28, 1913</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance broker</a>; abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a>, 1943-48, 1959-72 (Franklin County 1943-48, St. Louis County 5th District 1959-62, St. Louis County 10th District 1963-66, 39th District 1967-72); delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MO.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-16.html">April 16, 1934</a>, to Cecelia LaPee.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Randolph Maness (1904-1970) — also known as Howard R. Maness — of Doniphan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-lived.html">Ripley County</a>, Mo. Born in Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-born.html">Pike County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/03-19.html">March 19, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Ripley County, 1931-32, 1939-40. Died in Doniphan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-died.html">Ripley County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/09-09.html">September 9, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 174 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harvey David Maness and Rachel Teresa (See) Maness; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-05.html">June 5, 1930</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#498.68.27">Macye Dona Jones</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/catron-cavanagh.html#396.77.44">Theron Lamar Caudle Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#135.21.21">Robert Lee Gavin</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Macye Maness (1904-1993) — also known as Macye Dona Jones — of Doniphan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-lived.html">Ripley County</a>, Mo. Born in Blue Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-05.html">June 5, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; abstractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MO.html">1940</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Ripley County, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-parties.html">chair of Ripley County Democratic Party</a>, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Doniphan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-died.html">Ripley County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/03-18.html">March 18, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 286 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/RI-buried.html# ">Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Doniphan, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-05.html">June 5, 1930</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#484.59.54">Howard Randolph Maness</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17917.html">Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family</a> of Sanford, North Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/105402050">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) — also known as A. W. Moursund — of Johnson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-lived.html">Blanco County</a>, Tex.; Round Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-lived.html">Blanco County</a>, Tex. Born in Johnson City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-born.html">Blanco County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-23.html">May 23, 1919</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a>, 1948-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-officials.html">Blanco County Judge</a>, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/TX.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">rancher</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Close friend and advisor to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#502.84.04">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>. Died in Round Mountain, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-died.html">Blanco County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/04-22.html">April 22, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 334 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BA-buried.html#cms08409">somewhere</a> in Round Mountain, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Moursund; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Mary Allen Moore.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Warren Olney (1841-1921) — of Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DV-born.html">Davis County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/03-11.html">March 11, 1841</a>. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896; director, California Title Insurance and Trust Company; president, South San Francisco <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Dock</a> Company; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/oakland.html">mayor of Oakland, Calif.</a>, 1903-05. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Oakland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-02.html">June 2, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-buried.html#cms00611">Mountain View Cemetery</a>, Oakland, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Olney and Eliza Ann (Green) Olney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/09-11.html">September 11, 1865</a>, to Mary Jane Craven; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olmstead-olshaw.html#132.50.35">Warren Olney Jr.</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin S. Palmiter (1854-1925) — of Hart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OC-lived.html">Oceana County</a>, Mich. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/06-20.html">June 20, 1854</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; abstractor; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Michigan</a>, 1890; member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1899; Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 9th District, 1902. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/index.html">1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Judson Palmiter and Harriet S(tow) Palmiter; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/">1877</a> to Lydia J. Garver.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/857/52.33.jpg" width=70 height=109 border=0 alt="Oscar Peterson, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Peterson Jr. (1891-1963) — of Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Wallingford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/07-25.html">July 25, 1891</a>. Republican. Abstract and title business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stratford; elected 1946; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 25th District, 1953. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>. Died in Stratford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/03-30.html">March 30, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 248 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html# ">Union Cemetery</a>, Stratford, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/">1912</a> to Malda Gendron; father of Norval Oscar Peterson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90183654">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Connecticut Register & Manual 1953</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert B. Petts — of Warsaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BN-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Mo. Republican. Abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BN-parties.html">chair of Benton County Republican Party</a>, 1925-41; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> 15th District, 1943-44; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MO.html">1944</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John George Regan (b. 1872) — also known as John G. Regan — of Adel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PL-born.html">Platte County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/06-03.html">June 3, 1872</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; mayor of Adel, Iowa, 1920-24, 1928-30; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/IA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IA.html">1940</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dennis Regan and Margaret (Holland) Regan; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/01-01.html">January 1, 1908</a>, to Norma Frost; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/09-14.html">September 14, 1915</a>, to Agnes C. Carrig.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) — of Scottsbluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-lived.html">Scotts Bluff County</a>, Neb. Born in New Windsor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ME-born.html">Mercer County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/05-01.html">May 1, 1869</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; abstractor. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen</a>. Died, during <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gallbladder.html">gall bladder</a> surgery, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-died.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/02-16.html">February 16, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/SB-buried.html#cms02160">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Scottsbluff, Neb. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75256123">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Floyd L. Snyder Sr. (1901-1983) — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Stonington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/BA-born.html">Baca County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/02-27.html">February 27, 1901</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; abstract and title business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 11th District, 1947-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MO.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-buried.html#cms00905">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Independence, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-08.html">June 8, 1934</a>, to Sybil D. Burrus.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73309560">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry E. Sprague (b. 1876) — of Kirkwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-13.html">March 13, 1876</a>. Republican. Abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis County 2nd District, 1915-18. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-03.html">October 3, 1904</a>, to Ethel Nye Gibbs.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Almor Stern (1854-1935) — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HR-lived.html">Harrison County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/04-21.html">April 21, 1854</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HR-officials.html">Harrison County Auditor</a>, 1878-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; abstract and title business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IA.html">1920</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HR-died.html">Harrison County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-01.html">November 1, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HR-buried.html# ">Logan Cemetery</a>, Logan, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jacob Taggart Stern and Millicent Beet (Fletcher) Stern; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/12-15.html">December 15, 1880</a>, to Laura A. Mann.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/44639799">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Talbert Taylor — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/TX-lived.html">Texas County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Texas County, 1911-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ingebert J. Thomsen (b. 1873) — also known as I. J. Thomsen — of Minden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-lived.html">Kearney County</a>, Neb. Born in North Albid, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/08-04.html">August 4, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/inventor.html">inventor</a> of Nu-Matic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">horse collar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-officials.html">Kearney County Clerk</a>, 1916-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate dealer</a>; abstractor; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/KA-parties.html">chair of Kearney County Republican Party</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Peter H. Thomsen and Marie (Johansen) Thomsen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/11-18.html">November 18, 1903</a>, to Hedvig E. Holstein.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Alan Trott (b. 1960) — also known as David A. Trott — of Bingham Farms, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-lived.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/OA-born.html">Oakland County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/10-16.html">October 16, 1960</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; abstract and title business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 11th District, 2015-. Still living as of 2018. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000475">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave Trott (politician)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> E. H. Vance — of Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BE-lived.html">Beadle County</a>, S.Dak. Abstractor; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 22nd District, 1899-1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William A. Wallace (b. 1867) — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-06.html">June 6, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">Postal worker</a>; land title worker; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a> 3rd District; elected 1938; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/IL.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">African Methodist Episcopal</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Halbert Owen Woodward (1918-2000) — also known as Halbert O. Woodward; Hal Woodward — of Coleman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CE-lived.html">Coleman County</a>, Tex. Born in Coleman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CE-born.html">Coleman County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/04-08.html">April 8, 1918</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; land title supervisor, Humble <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil and Refining</a> Company, 1945-49; member, Texas State Highway Commission, 1959-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/TX.html">1964</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas</a>, 1968-86; took senior status 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Brownwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BW-died.html">Brown County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/10-03.html">October 3, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 178 days</a>). 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